NORTH GRIMSTON:Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892.

Wapentake and Petty Sessional Division of Buckrose - County Council Electoral Division of
Settrington - Poor Law Union and County Court District of Malton - Rural Deanery of
Settrington - Archdeaconry of the East Riding - Diocese of York.

North Grimston is a small parish and township situated at the foot of the
Wolds, containing, according to the Ordnance Survey, 1,564 acres. The surface
is pleasingly diversified with hill and dale. The soil is various, but chiefly of a
calcareous nature. Wheat, barley, oats, and beans are the principal crops. The
rateable value is £1,676, and the number of inhabitants in 1891 was 154. Lord
Middleton, of Birdsall, is lord of the manor and sole owner of the land.

The village is very small, but delightfully situated in a valley, four miles
south-east of Malton, and near the station of its own name, on the Driffield and
Malton branch of the North-Eastern Railway. The church (St. Nicholas) is an
ancient edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and western
tower. The chancel arch is Norman or, as some think, Saxon, with
neatly-executed dog-teeth ornamentation, and the entrance doorway is similar. The font,
which is large enough for immersion, is undoubtedly Saxon, and adorned with
sculptured representations of "The Crucifixion," "The Last Supper," and the
patron saint of the church with his crozier. In the chancel are two handsome
monuments to the memory of members of the Langley family, former owners of
North Grimston estate; and their coat of arms appears on the interior wall of
the nave. The church was re-seated in 1886, at a cost of £250, raised by
subscription, and will accommodate 110 persons. Outside, against the west wall of
the tower, is an effigy of St. Nicholas. The living is a vicarage, valued in the
Liber Regis, compiled by order of Henry VIII., at £6 6s. 8d., and now worth £150
(gross), with residence. It is in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held by
the Rev. Thomas Houseman, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge.

The National School is a small mean building, with accommodation for 28
children.

The poor of the parish have a rent-charge of £2. 0s. 6d. a year, left by Thos.
Langley, Esq., in 1700 and another of 6s. left by the Rev. Mr. Penston.

[Description(s) from Bulmer's
History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)]

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